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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4993209" data-attributes="member: 15538">Why do I play RPGs? To be Batman. If you are reading &quot;tactical play&quot; as the criterion for good role-playing, you are not reading the posts in counterpoint to the OP and drawing the same understanding I am. It is permissible to play a sucky Batman and get wasted. It is permissible to set the bar so low that virtually anyone could win as Batman--episodes of Super Friends seem to be predicatated on this level challenge. &quot;Oh, gosh, Brainiac, why didn't we forsee that Superman would simply toss our large monster into space while Batman and Aquaman arrested us right here in our base? Who could have imagined?&quot; That is also permissible. It's also permissible to put Batman through the ringer, in fact, Call of Cthulhu and some versions of espionage games basically work at this level most of the time. Maybe Batman gets turned into a vampire and just wanders around drinking blood, in between stopping crimes and trying to figure out if there is still clear picture in his mind what justice is. That is also permissible. There is no &quot;you must be this smart to play&quot; bar for participating in and enjoying RPGs beyond understanding the basic premise and being able to grapple your end of the rules. At the same time, when the GM informs you that orcs are attacking, I expect you to respond as if your PC were in mortal danger and respond appropriately, if not always brilliantly. &quot;I draw my sword,&quot; is a pretty good start.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 4993209, member: 15538"] Why do I play RPGs? To be Batman. If you are reading "tactical play" as the criterion for good role-playing, you are not reading the posts in counterpoint to the OP and drawing the same understanding I am. It is permissible to play a sucky Batman and get wasted. It is permissible to set the bar so low that virtually anyone could win as Batman--episodes of Super Friends seem to be predicatated on this level challenge. "Oh, gosh, Brainiac, why didn't we forsee that Superman would simply toss our large monster into space while Batman and Aquaman arrested us right here in our base? Who could have imagined?" That is also permissible. It's also permissible to put Batman through the ringer, in fact, Call of Cthulhu and some versions of espionage games basically work at this level most of the time. Maybe Batman gets turned into a vampire and just wanders around drinking blood, in between stopping crimes and trying to figure out if there is still clear picture in his mind what justice is. That is also permissible. There is no "you must be this smart to play" bar for participating in and enjoying RPGs beyond understanding the basic premise and being able to grapple your end of the rules. At the same time, when the GM informs you that orcs are attacking, I expect you to respond as if your PC were in mortal danger and respond appropriately, if not always brilliantly. "I draw my sword," is a pretty good start. [/QUOTE]

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